Well, the SMC "guesses" were correct - see pics! Looks almost identical to scooterdoc's on his link (
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?118834-SMC-and-Props-to-those-Here).
dduelin, thanks for explaining the fiche - that helped. Is there a way to interpret what fiche page(s) go with what numbers on other fiche pages? I was originally asking because of the lower pivot bearing, but it looked pretty good and rolled freely, so I just cleaned it up and repacked it.
bkra13, agree that's an interesting temp solution. Funny that as I was explaining the problem to my Heavy Duty Mechanic friend from school days, he suggested the same general thing. It was weird hearing him make that suggestion and I had to laugh, because I know he hadn't seen Unplugged's idea (
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?118608-SMC-Override-Test-TempFix). Not something I would have likely thought of!
sbacon, thought about this - would need to do it with the equivalent in Canada. I can't help but wonder what would happen if someone had to hammer on the brakes to avoid something (e.g. a deer) at highway speeds, and the rear brake locks up at 60+ mph (100+ Kph) - a little disconcerting. Heck of a time to find out your SMC was pooched....
And finally a thank you to Igofar for a phone call (on his dime from California to Canada!) to chat about my problem and where to start, what to look for, right down to being aware of the fibre washers on the forks!
I still have to bleed them, and might not get to that task right away as I'm heading out of town for 7-10 days soon, but don't expect to run into any problems...we'll see.
Thanks again everyone!
Joe
